LAB Report


This page would assist you in doing up your Lab report in your science class. Portions in italics are guides/instructions which can be erased once you feel you have sufficiently covered the material in that section.



Title

Think of an appropriate title for this lab. Remember, this is a concise statement giving the reader an idea of what the lab is about.


Introduction

Background information (if necessary) for the lab. There might be a need to introduce the terminology and concepts that you would be using.


Purpose

Rephrase the question posed at the beginning of the lab. ("the purpose of this lab is to.....")
What is the hypothesis of the lab. (this is the "if....then....." statement)



Materials

Make a list of all the materials needed for this lab




Procedure

list of the procedures.
Use PAST TENSE.
DO NOT use pronouns (eg: "Iodine was added to the starch...." NOT "We added iodine to the starch...")
  1. Step 1
  2. Step 2
  3. Step 3...



Observations

Record what happened. Describe the results using clear specific terms. If it helps, organise your results into a table/graph form including titles and lables.
DO NOT interpret the results or make conclusions. DO NOT use pronouns.

Conclusions

What do the results mean? Does the data answer the question in the purpose? Does it agree with your hypothesis?
What did you learn from the lab? What are some sources of error?